Welcome to the E46Fanatics forums. E46Fanatics is the premiere website for BMW 3 series owners around the world with interactive forums, a geographical enthusiast directory, photo galleries, and technical information for BMW enthusiasts.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.

Cheapest I've seen so far is from this "BMW Discount Parts" website. I have never ordered from them before. Price is 522 after $50 core refund. Are they a trustworthy seller? I have only ever ordered parts from ECS, Bimmerworld, Pelican, or picked up locally at stealerships...

I am aware of these ""stage 5"" axles, they're totally out of my budget. I don't plan to go FI or anything, and if I do, then I'll worry about bullet proofing. My axle only failed because I'm a moron and chose to defer maintenance after noticing a torn outer CV boot.

Thanks in advance, and I apologize if this isn't the right section, or if it's inappropriate to get vendor references._a_

Yeah I wish I'd done that... I found a complete axle on Bimmerworld, seemed to me that they weren't charging a core charge (price was like.. 529, best I could find) but it turns out they don't actually have the axle physically in stock.

Now have to wait for the axle to arrive to them, then for them to slap a new label on it and ship it to me... Going to lose my shirt paying for Uber/Lyft to work all week.....